page_title: List of central European countries by development indexes
section_title: Universities
hierarchical_section_title: List of central European countries by development indexes / Education / Higher education / Universities
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Universita Karolinum (Staré Město), Praha 1, Kamzíková, Celetná, Železná, Ovocný trh 541/9, Staré Město This is a photo of a cultural monument of the Czech Republic,number: 11736/1-288.Památkový&#160;katalogMIS hledat obrázky hledat seznamyWikidata
context_page_description: This is a partial list of Central European countries by development indexes such as the Globalisation index, Human Development Index, Press Freedom Index, Legatum Prosperity Index, EF English Proficiency Index, and other statistical measures and rankings.
  The concept of what countries belong to Central Europe is not well-defined, so tables or lists below may show different countries listed.
context_section_description: The first university east of France and north of the Alps was the Charles University in Prague established in 1347 or 1348 by Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and modeled on the University of Paris, with the full number of faculties (law, medicine, philosophy and theology). The list of Central Europe's oldest universities in continuous operation, established by 1500, include (by their dates of foundation):
  Czech Republic Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic (1348)
  Poland Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland (1364)
  Austria University of Vienna in Vienna, Austria (1365)
  Hungary University of Pécs in Pécs, Hungary (1367)
  Germany Heidelberg University in Heidelberg, Germany (1386)
  Germany Cologne University in Cologne, Germany (1388)
  Croatia University of Zadar in Zadar, Croatia (1396)
  Germany University of Leipzig in Leipzig, Germany (1409)
  Germany University of Rostock in Rostock, Germany (1419)
  Germany University of Greifswald in Greifswald, Germany (1456)
  Germany University of Freiburg in Freiburg, Germany (1457)
  Switzerland University of Basel in Basel, Switzerland (1460)
  Germany Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Munich, Germany (1472)
  Germany University of Tübingen in Tübingen, Germany (1477)
caption: Karolinum of the Charles University in Prague
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